YOU LAZY GIT.
2/5/2014
 A few things have happened over the last couple days that have really, really got my goat. Two of them in particular have left me dumbfounded, and rather angry. I understand that sharing my feelings might annoy some of you, might even lose me some readers, and might even lose me some contacts, however things are really coming to head. First off, Ginger Nuts of Horror and many other websites out there like mine exist to help promote authors, we generally don't do this for any personal gain. We spend hours hunched over a computer out of a love for the horror genre. We want to via the use of our horror websites to give something back to the horror community. We are however not here TO DO THE WORK FOR YOU. Seriously I'll do whatever I can to promote your work, I'll tweet, share, recommend anything you send me. Hell if I see your book in a bookshop I'll move it to prominent site in the shop. But what I won't do for you is do your work. So when you send me a press release for your book that solely consists of the cover of the book, then when asked if you have actually have a press release for it your reply is "OH, I THOUGHT YOU DID THAT"Your going to be told exactly where to go. Especially when you then reply BUT ISN'T THAT YOUR JOB!No it's not my job to write copy for you. If you want me to write copy, then I'll gladly do it if you want to pay me. I won't do it for free. You need to understand that the horror community is one of the smallest genre communities out there. It doesn't take much for word to spread around if you act like a dick.
Please if you want any horror website to help you, you have to stop treating us as slaves. We are a nice bunch of people, we like help, we just don't like being taken for a ride. Unless you are taking me and the kids for a nice day out. 2/5/2014 03:40:49
I'd really like to hear your opinion on this. Do you think I'm being to harsh?
T. T. Zuma
2/5/2014 06:54:23
Nope, not too harsh at all. 2/5/2014 15:26:09
Amen Jim. If they're not taking their work seriously enough to provide marketing materials, then i don't see why you should take their work seriously enough to market it either. 2/5/2014 03:51:05
You are definitely not being harsh, mate. Some people just have no clue and take the piss. 2/5/2014 04:05:15
Nope, not too harsh at all. Bang on the money. 2/5/2014 04:06:47
Tomorrows one is the one that really got be fuming. Circle Jerking.
Ian Cook
2/5/2014 05:27:55
I'm so sorry the odd person is trying to take advantage of your goodwill and energies in running what is to my mind a brilliant site. Please be assured that I'm sure the vast majority of your followers really appreciate the tremendous job that you are doing. 2/5/2014 05:39:50
You were probably more polite with them than I would have been, Jim. Some people struggle with good manners and also with the actual skills they're going to need if they want to make it in the business.
Char
2/5/2014 07:17:44
Nope, you're not being too harsh at all.
David A. Riley
2/5/2014 14:01:16
Unbelievable. It's definitely not your job to do their work for them. How ridiculous. I can't believe the cheek of someone saying this to you.
Hell no! I think you're being very kind. Who in their right mind, would expect you to provide such a service? Get a clue people 2/5/2014 14:09:29
You are spot on Jim - however with my day-job hat on, which involves running a tech newsletter & website EVEN when people do send in press releases, I get a good percentage that are so badly written as to be incomprehensible.
Ginger Nuts of Horror
2/5/2014 14:16:16
I got one last week that was all in fonts and colours like this 2/5/2014 14:37:36
I think people look at your website, think "that's professional", and assume it means you make a living doing this. I suspect the genre bloggers who are in that lucky position can be counted on the fingers of one hand. 2/5/2014 15:16:07
I have every sympathy with you on this. I am afraid it is indicative of a sense of entitlement amongst some writers, especially new ones, and it is nothing short of an insult. (Plus it gives the rest of us a bad name). You said it right when you said the horror community is the smallest genre community. It is full of honest and dedicated people. Insult one and you insult them all. Keep up the good service and don't let them get you down. :-) Don't sweat civility, Jim; I have yet to experience something as amateurish as a press release sans content, but the number of irritants due to lazy gits has ticked up in the last year or so. I just hit delete without a reply, and if they pollute my inbox again, they get promoted to the spam folder. After that, I let Google sort 'em out.
Helen
2/5/2014 21:59:49
How can anyone expect you to write copy for them? If they're self publishing then they should realize that's what self means. You're right on target. 2/5/2014 22:40:40
Not harsh enough I'd say. Even lazy git is a far more polite term than I would have used. Comments are closed.
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